Fountain-scrubber.



E. C. ALBRIGHT.

FOUNTAIN SCRUBBER. APPLICATION YFILEDVIAIPR. 17. 1915.

Patented July 20, 1915.

To all ulhom it may.concem:

- I EUGENE o. ALBRIGHT, or MARION, 01110.

FOUNTAIN-SCRUBBER.

1 147 667 p I. v 1 Specification of Letters Iatent. Patented J 11y 20,1915, p 1 Application filed April 17, 1915. Serial No. 22,161.

1 brush back or head 7 and is provided with a Be it known that I, EUGENE'C. AiBnIGH'r, series of perforations 24. The perforated Q a citizen of the United States, res1d1ng at pipe 23 is held in place by'putty which Marion, in the county of Marion and State covers-the pipe and prevents leakage, and a of Ohio, have invented certain new and usewooden .cover 26 is secured to the back of *ful Improvements in Fountain-Scrubbers; the brush to hold the pipe in place.

. and usethe same.

and I" do hereby declare the following to be I The operation of the invention maybe a full, clear, and exact description of the briefly described as follows: In order to invention, such as will enable others skilled force the soap from the cylinder 10 into the 5 in the art to which it appertains 'to make 'plpe 6, the valve-5 is closed and the valves p I 19 and 14 are opened. When the valve in This invention relates to fountain scrubthe spigot'l is open, water isforced through bers, and-one of the principal objectsof the the hose 2, through the pipe 4 and up into invention is toprovide means wherebyllquid the'cyl nder 18 to push the head 17 out of 3 soap may be fed through the hot water supthe cylmder 18 and the head 16 is pushed 5 ply pipe to'the brush along with the water, into the cylinder 10 to force the soapout and to also provide means whereby the liquid into the pipe 6. When the valve 5 is opened,

soap may be fed in any desired quantity the water will pass through the pipe 6 and relatively to the water supply. mingle with the soap and be carried to the The foregoing and otherbbjects may be brush 7 and first forced through the perfora: attained by means of the construction illustlons 24 into the bristles of the brush. In

trated' in the accompanying drawing, in order to refill the cylinders 10 with soap,

hi h the head 11 is unscrewed from the cylinder T Figure 1 is a view in elevation and parafter the piston rod 15 has been forced toso tial section of a fountain scrubber made in ward the left. In order to force the pistonaccordance with this, invention. Fig. 2 is a head 17 back to the position shown in Fig.1,

top plan view of the brush head, and Fi 3 the hose 2 is removed from the pipe 4 and is a vertical sectional view of the same ta en from the spigot 1, the brush he d 22 i l o on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. removed and this end of the device is con- Referring to the drawing, the numeral 1 nected to the spigot or thehose 2 may make V may designate a hot water spigot, and 2 18 the connection between the spigot and the a hose connected to said-spigot at one end end of the pipe 6. By closing the valve 5 while the other end is connected at 3 tea and by open1ng the valves 19 and 14, the pipe 4. The pipe 4 is provided with a valve water will be forced through the cylinder 10 I 5 and connected to the valve casing is a pipe to'move the head 16 to the position shown in 6. A scrubbing'brush 7 is connected to the Fig. 1, after which the head 11 may be reend of the pipe 6v by -a suitable fitting or moved and soap placed in the cylinder. 7 union 8. v From the foregoing it will be. obvious Supported upon the pipe 6 by means of that a fountain scrubber made in accordmetal straps or bands 9 is a cylinder 10 havance wlth this invention can be used conv ing a removable cover or head 11. The cylvenlently for scrubbing floors, ceilings, inder 10. is connected by short pipe sections I walls, windows or any other surface, and

12 and an elbow 13 to the, pipe 6, and a either hot or cold water may be used. valve 14 is connected to the pipe sections 12, J Various changes maybe made in the de- I as shown in. Fig. 1. Mounted in the cylintails of construction without departing from der 10' is a piston rod 15 having a piston the spirit and scope of the invention as dehead 16 in the cylinder. The opposite end fined in the claims.

of the piston rod 15 is provided with a cyl- What is claimed is 2-- inder head 17 mounted in a smaller cylinder 7 1. A fountain scrubber comprising a water 18, which is connected by means of a valve supply pipe adapted to be connected 'by casing 19 to an elbow 20 having a short secmeans of a hose to a spigot, a valve in said 7 tion of pipe 21 communicating with the '-p1pe, a plurallty of cylinders communicat:

plpe ing with said supply pipe by small pipe con- The brush 7 is provided with a hollow nections, a piston rod having piston heads handle 22 which communicates with a transin each of said cylinders, one of said cylinverse pipe 23 which is secured within the ders adapted to contain liquid soap, and a fountain brush connected to the supply pipe and provided with a perforated pipe communicating with the bristles.

2. A. fountain scrubber comprisinga brush head having a perforated pipe therein, a hollow pipe connection leading from the perforated pipe, a water supply pipe to which said curved pipe is connected, a valve in said pipe, a connection to a spigot, a cylinder for containing liquid soap, a piston in said cylinder, a smaller cylinder, a piston rod connecting the piston head in the soap cylinder with a piston head in the smaller cylinder, connections between said cylinders and the water supply pipe, and valves in said connections.

3; A fountain brush comprising a brush head having a hollow handle and a perforated pipe in the brush, a water supply pipe to which the brush is connected, a plurality of cylinders, one of which is designed for containing liquid soap, said cylinders being connected to the water supply pipe and provided with valves, and a piston rod having heads at opposite ends thereof and one of said heads being mounted in the soap cylinder and the other in a smaller cylinder, and means for moving the piston heads in. opposite directions. one of said directions feeding the soap to the water supply pipe.

In testimony whereof I aifix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

EUGENE C. ALBRIGHT. lVitnesses:

CHARLES W. HABERMAN, JA ES F. ULLOM. 

